Two dazzling debut winners this month at Keeneland, Hibernacle and Youalmosthadme, headline a field of six for the 29th running of the $200,000 Kentucky Juvenile for 2-year-olds going five furlongs on the main track Thursday at Churchill Downs.
The Kentucky Juvenile will go as the afternoon's fourth race with a 2:17 p.m. (ET) post time.
Wesley Ward, a two-time winner of the race with fillies, owns and bred Hibernacle, a 7 ½-length winner in her first outing on April 12. Joel Rosario has the mount aboard the Hootenanny filly and will break from post one.
Youalmosthadme debuted a week later on April 19 at the Lexington track and won by 8½ lengths for trainer John Hancock. Subsequently sold privately to Qatar Racing, Swinbank Stables, Steve Adkisson, and Black Type Thoroughbreds and now trained by Brad Cox, the Oxbow filly will be ridden by Tyler Gaffalione and break from post two.
The field for the Kentucky Juvenile, with riders from the rail out, is: Hibernacle (Rosario), Youalmosthadme (Gaffalione), Lil Anthony (Rafael Bejarano), Lou's Legacy (Yarmarie Correa), Tranche (Edwin Maldonado), Who's Snow Trouble (Luis Saez).
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